Sdmrc Loc: Michigan

Hi All, this is my first post.

I recently started using Light Room and noticed that it is not synching with my IOS devices ie. Phone,Ipad,Macbook
Installed it on my Imac. As far as I know I should be able to access it from my other devices. What can I do to make this happen?

BigMo

I have it installed on my pc, I downloaded app. From app. Store and logged in with account info and everything works fine. I use my iPad quite a bit.

Sdmrc Loc: Michigan

Thanks for the informaton

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

What do you expect to happen? I ask to probe your understanding and purpose of 'syncing' to your mobile devices.

The LR software is intended to reside as the 'classic' installation on your main desktop computer or 'full power' laptop. There, your primary LR catalog resides, the master repository of all your digital image 'assets'.

The mobile devices are intended for working in the field. Maybe capturing and preliminary edits to share with a client or 'get started' on the edits while away from home and your primary desktop. You might even 'finish' the work on that mobile device. But, the goal is to get those images and the LR edit data into your primary catalog.

The syncing action between the various platforms involves creating a collection in the LR catalog and setting the 'sync' setting on that collection. Then, as images are placed into that collection, they are synced onto the cloud and available to the other platforms. That cloud location is relatively small and temporary, not large and permanent storage of all your images.

Does this description change or confirm your expectations, and help to identify the actions needed to enable the syncing function?

From Adobe: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/how-to/sync-photos-lightroom-mobile.html

Sdmrc Loc: Michigan

Thanks,
That is very helpful. Now have a much better understanding of the App

Jrhoffman75 Loc: Conway, New Hampshire

To be clear, there are two versions of the Lightroom program for desktop computers.

Lightroom Classic is directed at folks who want to use the traditional folder-based system of storing images on the computer.

Adobe has confused the landscape by having a program called Lightroom (w/o the Classic appendage) which relies on storing images in the cloud and allowing sharing everywhere. You can keep a copy of your images on the desktop, but the main storage is in the Adobe cloud.

I use the collection approach explained by CHG_CANON above, but as he clearly explained, it is for special situations. If your goal is full, continuous sharing via your mobile devices you should consider Lr, and not LrC.

scubadoc Loc: Sarasota, FL

There are many of us who keep the LR catalog in a cloud serve such as Dropbox. That way, any edits you make in the field on your laptop, assuming you have LR Classic installed, can be instantly available on your home desktop when you use LR to move your off-site edited photos to your home computer.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

My LRCAT file is 9GB alone and the entire contents of the \Lightroom folder is 16GB.

I'm not paying extra for a Dropbox to have today's 92,634 images available to mobile devices. Nor for a dataplan to transfer all that nonsense around.

Jrhoffman75 Loc: Conway, New Hampshire

For folks who want/need mobile sharing and don’t care about Photoshop Adobe offers the Lightroom Plan with 1TB of storage for the same $10/month as the Photographer Plan.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

No LR Classic in this approach. No PhotoShop either. You've really got to be committed to mobile devices and the hope Adobe can push the LR software that runs on your mobile-only devices to nearly duplicate LR Classic. And, you need to be committed to the idea your primary image storage is only in the cloud and Adobe will keep them safe and always available. That's a lot of "ifs" and "hopes" ....

Jrhoffman75 Loc: Conway, New Hampshire

It is a workflow decision that only makes sense if one is committed to having sharing across multiple devices. It is not just with iOS devices. One could have a desktop and a laptop, or access the cloud from a public computer. It's not a workflow that I need, but many folks do.

Yes, no LrC and no Ps. I have the Photographer Plan but do not use Ps. I know folks with the Photographer Plan that only use Ps and others that only use LrC.

The Lightroom (non-Classic) software can be configured to store originals and smart previews on the desktop PC as well as the cloud, so sole reliance on Adobe is not required.

Sdmrc Loc: Michigan

Sdmrc Loc: Michigan

Thanks, appreciate the feedback

Sdmrc Loc: Michigan

Thanks

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

You probably want to use the <quote reply> button to make specific replies rather than the quick reply 'box'.